The Uber-Hawk is back: what impact will John Bolton have on U.S. Foreign Policy?

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Abstract

Bolton is a man who advocates preventive war and regime change as his foreign policy instruments of choice. In the case of Syria, Bolton wanted a fuller-fledged strike on Bashar al-Assad than what Secretary of Defense James Mattis advocated.In the wake of America’s withdrawal from the Iran Deal, many in The Netherlands want to know more about Trump’s new ‘war hawk’ National Security Adviser and what sort of impact he might have on Transatlantic Relations?